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Faculty, stude Reaaan counti By Amy Bedenbaugh While President Ronald Reagan received an honorary doctor of laws degree on the Horseshoe yesterday, a group of USC students and faculty members held an "Alternative Reagan Degree Ceremony" in Gambrell Hall. The student-faculty forum, entitled "Giving Ronnie the Third Degree," raised questions on how much the president has con r 1 Vx 111 n n/4ii/^nf i/\ri rlrtrvv r\/>rnrtii r? ?-s MiiUlin u iuuiv,u iu tuutauun, u^uiucidty auu puunt relations during three years in office. "This faculty-generated activity was designed to complete the program of Reagan's visit, not take away from it," said Kevin Lewis, associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies. "The administration has not objected to our meeting; in fact, they have been generous in their silence. We are glad Reagan is here and are honored by his presence." DEPARTMENT OE Government and International Studies professor Peter Sederburg said, "We must question the administration's haste in awarding a degree for partisan pur ft _ 1 1 . .J 1 _ A poses, nere is a man wno nas proposeu kcichup as a vegetable and cut school lunches. He has proposed undermining affirmative action programs in universities and abolished the Department of Education. He has indeed focused national attention on the problems of education." Reagan's visil By David Hill Reagar The honorary degree given to dress dur President Ronald Reagan yesterday Follow was the first USC has awarded to the presi an incumbent president, but his Sen. Strc visit wasn't the first by a U.S. the Canl president. Fairgrou That honor belongs to William Gerald Howard Taft, a Republican who game at made the Horseshoe a stop on his 1976, bu re-election campaign trail in 1909, game ag said George Terry, director and ar- the Gam chivist for McKissick Museums. The museum has a photo of Taft FORD standing in front of the old presi- seminar dent's house at the top of the cy, Terr) IJ TK a U/Mirn ntnp tr\rr* ** All t nuidcdliut. lilt liuud^ wcia IV7II1 nit i down in the 1930s, and McKissick been her was built in its place, originally as a the State library. "I think history r "IT'S INTERESTING to note John that the president, when he delivers honorary his speech, will be standing where in 1957, William Howard Taft was standing U.S. sen when he gave his," Terry said. Donal I IZ^> I Looking for a part-time Openings for hard worki Inrti urn o# C#iiWnn# Cfmi/ni/m/in# ; ; iiiLfunc ai uiuucm Liiifjiuyiuuiii 1321 Pendleton St., Rm. 1 Pay~$8 per hour Mon. - Fri. 15 hours per week Excellent benefits Equal Opportuni nts hold sr-torum Stuart Andrews, a graduate of the USC Law School, said, "Reagan should adopt policies that invest in life rather than weapons and death. He has proposed increases in defense spending that could go as high as 63 percent over the next four years. That money could benefit health and education, eliminate poverty and send femaleheaded households to college for a year." John Prestby, doctoral candidate in clinical and community psychology, spoke out on the psychological effects the nuclear threat has had on children. "A survey of fourth through 12th graders showed that the children are very concerned with nuclear war and its effects on them. They are afraid that the world will end soon and they will have no opportunities for marriage, children or careers," he said. BARRY LOEWER, philosophy professor said, "It was an administrative decision to award Reagan this degree, and there was no widespread discussion among faculty members. We should test the president's record and examine his contributions before we award such a degree. This was a cynical act." Natalie Hevener, of the Department of Government and International Studies, said the purpose of the meeting was to critically appraise the contributions for which Reagan was being honored. : follows dign l delivered a 15-minute ad- the university ing the ceremonies. Russell, now a ing the ceremony at USC, presented the 1 dent visited a dinner for laws degree to 1 >m Thurmond, R.-S.C., at tey Building at the State OTHER PF nds. visited Columb 1 Ford attended a football at USC, Terry Williams-Brice Stadium in Reagan del t left before the end of the Republican ainst Notre Dame, which Longstreet The ecocks lost. Among re Franklin Rc TAUGHT a three-day Eisenhower, F after leaving the presiden- Jimmy Carter / said. bia on the cai hree presidents who have said. e left campus to speak at Woodrow W Fairgrounds," Terry said. His boyhood that says something about Blanding Strei epeating itself." landmark. F. Kennedy received an / degree at the Horseshoe USC AWj when he was a prominent degrees at ea ator, Terry said. Terry estimate: d Russell was president of degrees have b< ni i of (2 HAIR DES INTERNATIONALLY A^ Job? I , ^ \ I i I Kip Moore Welcomes all student! a Special Introductory ly 35.00 - reg.50.C services. Offer Expires Oct. j 3820 Rosewoo If- IIf Kevin Lewis Associate professor for Department of Religious Studies speaks a forum on Reagan's visit. itaries' traditiona then, Terry said. ceremonies during its 182-year U.S. Circuit Judge, history. innnrarv Hr\r?tr\r r\f A ir\^n rr thp firct tr\ rprpi\/p ivtiva ui J WV/VIWI W1 / II 11 V/115 111V 111 Jl 1KJ I VVVI * V Reagan. honorary degrees were John Drayton, governor when the school RESIDENTS have was founded in 1801, and Richard ia, but not stopped Furman, a Baptist leader and said. namesake of Furman University in bated with other Greenville. candidates at Both received their degrees in :atre in 1980. 1807, at the first commencement, cent presidents, In that era, the commencement >osevelt, Dwight coincided with the convening of the tichard Nixon and state General Asssembly. Both were have visited Colum- important social events to many mpaign trail, Terry South Carolinians, Terry said. Thomas Clemson, philanthropic rilson grew up here. founder of Clemson University, home, located on received an honorary degree from et, is a historical USC in 1886. BERNARD BARUCH, South x-* 1 . r' 1 _j Carolina nanve, nnancicr ana aa\RDS honorary viser to presidents, received an ch commencement. honorary degree during the 1925 s that 200 honorary graduation ceremony at the een given in special Horseshoe. cinds'i & J FiCfi rztjLa, -One. ji j IGN STUDIO I I JD NATIONALLY KNOWN | 1 I 1 ^i^ericai^ ai^c Ifif ' i 1 I LU'NCH'EO'N n S Ron Wood i I *Wli 5 back to USC by offering I B ^ { ' offer for all perms for on- 1 | (\ > k ?0. 20% discount on all ft B _P?!L? IC mo3 /n AJ\ 1 i 1000 Mail 15, 1983. (Present Ad) J I ( d Dr. 787-6607 | g %Z,P r It ^ Jpl1 '^ f t Photo by Bry?nt Smith t the faculty and student counter I schedule James F. Byrnes, a former Supreme Court Justice, received an honorary doctor of civil laws degree at the Horseshoe in 1941. Byrnes was secretary of state under President Harry Truman in 1944. Others who have received honorary degrees from USC include John Shaw Billings, former editorial director of Time-Life Inc. publications; Harry Byrd, a longtime senator from Virginia; Gen. Mark Clark, commander of the 15th army in Italy in World War II and a Charleston native; Adm. Chester Nimitz, commander in chief of the Pacific fleet in World War II; Gen. William Westmoreland, commander of American forces in Vietnam anH a South Carolina native; and Kurt Waldheim in 1979 when he was U.N. secretary-general. Westmoreland's degree was one of the last to be presented in a ceremony at the Horseshoe. OPOLIS | ftcKlaurapt |j <r-I ility diifiifg at I i?oi?able prices ; : Greek Cuisii?e a, Splijaclf Pic, aifd Baklava wide variety of j ii}teri?utioi?aI di?lje8 fICItIS ?0? STUSf^TS iki Dipper $3.05 lpnj 1VIoij.-Sat. I uiydayH 12-flpnj > St. PI). #254-4342 ] f tficljlaijd I Mail?) enervation* aeccptcd